Has anyone else noticed a decline in prices that were once being fetched?  Maybe its summer and less people are hitting refresh every 10 seconds on eBay auctions.  

I saw this and was expecting it to do much better... Given its rarity, condition and last time I saw one sold.


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-SKA

I reckon prices are down - probably something to do with it being summer - but also collectibles as a whole are down. Worth mentioning that a lot of the heat coming out of MTG with the MH2 set reprinting dual lands causing a lot of mark-to-market pain for people who own old cards (great for people who actually play the game though).  Also bitcoin weakness recently...

However, in this case, the fighting wheel has massive variance on prices. I paid 100 quid for mine maybe 6m ago (from a french seller) and have seen then go 150 to 300 USD gyrating - because often poorly labelled.

This is not an item that is still useful for the majority of eBay buyers.

I'd say the prices for hardcovers and modules have stayed fairly steady, even gotten higher in some cases for the AD&D stuff.

59 watchers is a lot for a DnD item. I dont want to sound dramatic, but it might be the most Ive seen for a used white box set.

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You can ignore the bump at the end of this chart. Its move like leveling out right there.

TheHistorian wrote in Prices coming back down to earth?:There's a small window in COVID hell, and people are spending money elsewhere. If (when) the window closes again, the march uphill will likely continue.

I suspect this small window is going to last longer than most people think, and I suspect for many the elsewhere their money is going is into savings for what is ahead. But you never know. The rest of the decade could be a spectacular spectator sport, but a nightmare for those affected in their day to day lives. I suspect there will be a lot of cashing in of collections by those who find themselves in need of currency to deal with things they did not foresee happening.

Given that the governments of the world have dropped trillions of dollars of unearned helicopter money on everyone (even prisoners in some states), and no value was created at all in exchange for that money, that's the biggest debasement of currency human in history. I'd say things that are real are likely to become a lot more valuable to people when they finally begin to understand what infinite free currency actually means. It's gonna be a fun ride. A comfortable one for those sitting on collections of whatever. A surprisingly painful and dangerous one for many who care not where their currency comes from.

So probably bargain basement times ahead (2-3 years out or so I'd guess) for those who are comfortable and with liquidity spare, buying from those who were not, followed by a reversion to the mien come the end of the decade.

I'm up for the odd gem if I see it come up, a few holes to fill in Battletech and the odd future collectable in the OSR. Maybe a manuscript here or there (which ironically was what introduced me to this forum - City of the Revenant - back in 2005), but otherwise I'm out of the game and the collection has gone digital.

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It's a beat-up OCE!

Héctor.

Hastur the Unspeakable wrote in Prices coming back down to earth?:I am confused by this item. The listing says "Dungeons and Dragons Original Collector's Edition Boxed Rules Set 1974" but the starburst means it's 1977 at the earliest no?

That is correct, however the copyright pages in every version of the first boxed sets say 1974 as the year of publication. That OCE is a 6th-7th print, which was issued in 1977 as you said.
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